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		<h1>Our Story</h1>
		<p>Find out about NRHC, our core, and what we believe.</p>
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			<h1>Who We Are</h1>
			<p> North Rock Hill Church is a group of Christ-followers <strong>engaging God and others</strong>. Our passion is to partner with God as he transforms the landscape of friendships, communities, and nations. We desire to collaborate with churches to see every man, woman, and child both hear and see the gospel. </p>
			<blockquote>Isaiah 55, Matthew 22:36-40, 28:19-20</blockquote>
			<h2>What We Value</h2>
			<p>Values tell what’s most important to us. Our priorities, treasures, and actions flow from our values. At NRHC, we have identified the following values as both who we are and who we are striving to be.</p>
			<h3>Authenticity</h3>
			<p>Every believer should strive to be real with God and those they encounter.</p>
			<blockquote>Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. (John 4:23)</blockquote>
			<h3>Worship</h3>
			<p>We value the privilege to express our love for Christ through our life actions.</p>
			<blockquote>Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. (Romans 12:1)</blockquote>
			<h3>Transformation</h3>
			<p>We believe that with salvation comes a new identity in Christ, and this new identity produces a transformed life with new treasures and habits.</p>
			<blockquote>Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17)</blockquote>
			<h3>Servant Leadership </h3>
			<p>We believe that each person should reflect Christ’s character of servant leadership. We believe that a team approach to service is more effective for accomplishing the vision.</p>
			<blockquote>Each one should use whatever he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. (1 Peter 4:10)</blockquote>
			<h3>Community </h3>
			<p>We encourage deep relationships that share life, respond to God’s grace, and grow toward Christ-likeness.</p>
			<blockquote>By this shall all men know that you are my disciples – that you have love for one another. (John 13:35)</blockquote>
			<h3>Influence</h3>
			<p>We believe that all Christ-followers exert influence, and that impacting our friends, communities, and nations is birthed out of a Christ-like compassion.</p>
			<blockquote>His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known. (Ephesians 3:10)</blockquote>
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			<h1>What We Believe</h1>
			<p>Christians believe something unique. That’s what makes us Christian. We believe that God has broken into our world, changed us by His grace, and set us free to become the people He created us to be. Faith leads to transformation, and transformation leads to action.</p>
			<p>North Rock Hill intentionally focuses on the essentials of the Christian faith. The true church has always agreed on the essentials, and North Rock Hill unites in this rich tradition. We also recognized that there are some differences in opinion among non-essentials, and in these areas we acknowledge liberty. In all areas we pursue love and charity.</p>
			<h2>The Bible</h2>
			<p>The Bible is God’s Word to Man, is completely true, and is the sole authority for Christian faith and practice. </p>
			<h2>God</h2>
			<p>There is only one true living God who eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God created and sustains all things.</p>
			<h2>Jesus Christ</h2>
			<p>Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah of the Old Testament, fully God and fully man. He led a sinless life, died as a substitute for our sins, was buried, and rose again in victory over death. He will one day return to reign eternally.</p>
			<h2>Holy Spirit</h2>
			<p>The Holy Spirit is sent from God to convict the world of sin and draw men to Jesus Christ. He gives each Christian direction and power for living, understanding of Scripture, and spiritual gifts.</p>
			<h2>Mankind and Sin</h2>
			<p>Mankind was created in the image of God, but has rebelled against God. This rebellion is called sin, and man’s slavery to sin separates it from God.</p>
			<h2>Salvation</h2>
			<p>Mankind’s slavery to sin yields it helpless in it’s rebellion, but God’s grace restores believers into fellowship with God. This salvation from sin is completely a work of God and not of man’s works or goodness, and occurs when sinners repent, receive Christ’s forgiveness for sin through faith, and commit to follow Christ as Lord. Because salvation is an act of God, it is eternally secure.</p>
			<h2>Baptism and Communion</h2>
			<p>Every believer is commanded by God to participate in the ordinances of baptism and communion. Baptism by immersion symbolically proclaims the believer’s identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Communion, or the Lord’s Supper, is an act of worship in which the believer remembers God’s work of grace in Christ. Neither baptism nor communion provide salvation from sin.</p>
			<h2>Church</h2>
			<p>Jesus Christ established His church to continue His Kingdom mission and ministry on earth.</p>
			<h2>Death and Resurrection</h2>
			<p>When Christ returns, all mankind will be resurrected from death and face God’s judgment. Those who have experienced salvation will enter God’s eternal Kingdom, and the remaining lost will be judged for their sin and rebellion into eternal condemnation.</p>
			<h2>Last Things</h2>
			<p>Jesus Christ will return to earth and God’s plans for eternity will be carried out.</p>
			<h2>Christian Faith and Practice</h2>
			<p>Since Scripture is the final authority in all matters of Christian faith, North Rock Hill strives to follow Scripture’s instructions for living. In areas where Scripture does not speak,North Rock Hill instructs believers to be led by the Lord.</p>
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